A team that plays T20 well is a good cricketing side. India has always been a good cricketing side. India has won many matches in ICC tournaments. Indian cricket team has scored record-breaking scores in many T20 matches. And today, we will be talking about the best T20 scores of the Indian cricket team since the beginning of cricket. So, this is the top 10 best scores by the Indian cricket team in T20 matches. To start with:
1. India Vs. Sri Lanka 2017
This is the highest-ever score recorded by the Indian cricket team in T20 cricket history. This match was played in Indore in 2017. Team India scored 260 runs with Five wickets down in just 20 overs. Rohit Sharma became the player of the match with 118 runs. India won this match by 88 runs. Sri Lanka was bowled all-out at just 172 runs.
2. India Vs. West Indies 2016
In India vs. West Indies match of 2016, the Indian team scored 244 runs with four wickets down. They lost the match to West Indies by one run, as they had scored 245 runs in the first innings. KL Rahul was the highest run-scorer of the match. He scored 110 runs in just 51 balls.
3. India Vs. West Indies 2019
In the West Indies tour of India, India scored 240 runs at the loss of three wickets while batting first. India won the match by 67 runs, by restricting the West Indies at a score of 173. KL Rahul was the leading run scorer of the match. He scored 91 runs in just 56 balls.
4. India Vs. South Africa 2022
In India vs. South Africa match in Guwahati in 2022, India scored 237 runs with a loss of three wickets. India won the match by 16 runs. India was able to restrict South Africa to a score of 221. SuryaKumar Yadav was the highest run-scorer of the match as he scored 61 runs with a strike rate of 277.
5. India Vs. New Zealand 2023
India scored 234 runs with six wickets down against New Zealand in 2023. India won the match by 168 runs, and Shubhman Gill was awarded with the player of the match with 126 runs. In the New Zealand tour of India, India gave a target of 234 runs, but New Zealand was all out at 66 runs.
6. India Vs. Sri Lanka 2023
India played this T20 match against Sri Lanka in Rajkot in 2023. It was the third T20 in the Sri Lanka tour of India. India scored 228 runs at the loss of five wickets. Surya Kumar Yadav became the player of the match with 112 runs in the match. India won the match 91 runs, after Sri Lanka was all-out at 137 runs. Axar Patel was the player of the series for scoring 117 runs and taking three wickets.
7. India Vs. Ireland 2022
India played this match against Ireland in Dublin in 2022. India scored 225 runs at the loss of seven wickets. It was the second T20 match in India’s tour of Ireland. India won the match by 4 runs. Deepak Hooda became the player of the match by scoring 104 runs in 57 balls. He also won the player of the series award.
8. India Vs. England 2021
In the England’s tour of India, India scored 224 runs at the loss of two wickets in the fifth T20 match. This match was won by India by 36 runs. Bhubaneshwar Kumar became the player of the match by taking two wickets, and giving away 15 runs in four overs. England could only score 188 runs in 20 overs. Virat Kohli became the player of the series by securing 231 runs in the series.
9. India Vs. England 2007
India scored 218 runs in the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007. Yuvraj Singh was the player of the match for scoring 58 runs in just 16 balls. He also hit 6 sixes in six balls in the over bowled by Stuart Broad. India won the match by 18 runs. India successfully restricted England at 200 runs.
10. India Vs. Ireland 2018
In the Second T20 of the India tour of England, India scored 213 runs with a loss of four wickets in the first inning. India won the game by 143 runs. Ireland was all-out at 70 runs. KL Rahul became the player of the match for scoring 70 runs in just 36 balls. Yuzvendra Chahal became the player of the series for taking six wickets in the series.
